Tokyo firemen – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Tokyo firemen in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Tokyo firemen
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Tokyo firemen" is the subject named on this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection, though the record gives no date and notes that the title is unverified. The Bain News Service, a New York agency that sent news photographs around the world in the early twentieth century, relied on negatives like this one to get pictures to newspapers quickly. Japanese fire brigades of that era often kept older traditions, such as padded coats and close-fitting hoods, alongside modern equipment, a blend worth noticing in the scene. Glass negatives were the standard medium for this kind of work, and they preserve fine detail of city life.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,116 × 5,741 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25077 |
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